Table 4
Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted

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Labour force characteristics by province – Seasonally adjusted
  May 2011 June 2011 May to June 2011 June 2010 to June 2011 May to June 2011 June 2010 to June 2011
  thousands (except rates) change in thousands (except rates) % change
Ontario            
Population 10,909.3 10,920.1 10.8 134.6 0.1 1.2
Labour force 7,303.6 7,333.8 30.2 77.4 0.4 1.1
Employment 6,729.5 6,769.8 40.3 114.3 0.6 1.7
Full-time 5,457.7 5,472.1 14.4 108.7 0.3 2.0
Part-time 1,271.8 1,297.8 26.0 5.6 2.0 0.4
Unemployment 574.1 564.0 -10.1 -36.9 -1.8 -6.1
Participation rate 66.9 67.2 0.3 -0.1 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.9 7.7 -0.2 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 61.7 62.0 0.3 0.3 ... ...
Manitoba            
Population 951.8 953.0 1.2 12.4 0.1 1.3
Labour force 658.9 657.8 -1.1 1.8 -0.2 0.3
Employment 624.0 621.8 -2.2 1.6 -0.4 0.3
Full-time 503.4 500.3 -3.1 2.3 -0.6 0.5
Part-time 120.5 121.5 1.0 -0.7 0.8 -0.6
Unemployment 34.9 36.0 1.1 0.2 3.2 0.6
Participation rate 69.2 69.0 -0.2 -0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.3 5.5 0.2 0.0 ... ...
Employment rate 65.6 65.2 -0.4 -0.7 ... ...
Saskatchewan            
Population 798.5 799.2 0.7 8.5 0.1 1.1
Labour force 554.7 552.0 -2.7 -5.4 -0.5 -1.0
Employment 526.8 525.2 -1.6 -1.2 -0.3 -0.2
Full-time 428.1 431.0 2.9 1.9 0.7 0.4
Part-time 98.6 94.2 -4.4 -3.1 -4.5 -3.2
Unemployment 27.9 26.8 -1.1 -4.1 -3.9 -13.3
Participation rate 69.5 69.1 -0.4 -1.4 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.0 4.9 -0.1 -0.6 ... ...
Employment rate 66.0 65.7 -0.3 -0.9 ... ...
Alberta            
Population 3,000.1 3,005.1 5.0 43.6 0.2 1.5
Labour force 2,186.0 2,213.6 27.6 51.2 1.3 2.4
Employment 2,068.6 2,090.6 22.0 71.2 1.1 3.5
Full-time 1,725.3 1,738.5 13.2 76.7 0.8 4.6
Part-time 343.4 352.1 8.7 -5.4 2.5 -1.5
Unemployment 117.3 123.0 5.7 -20.0 4.9 -14.0
Participation rate 72.9 73.7 0.8 0.7 ... ...
Unemployment rate 5.4 5.6 0.2 -1.0 ... ...
Employment rate 69.0 69.6 0.6 1.4 ... ...
British Columbia            
Population 3,774.9 3,778.1 3.2 50.6 0.1 1.4
Labour force 2,464.4 2,446.1 -18.3 5.5 -0.7 0.2
Employment 2,278.1 2,268.7 -9.4 18.2 -0.4 0.8
Full-time 1,763.0 1,751.2 -11.8 -4.2 -0.7 -0.2
Part-time 515.1 517.5 2.4 22.3 0.5 4.5
Unemployment 186.3 177.5 -8.8 -12.5 -4.7 -6.6
Participation rate 65.3 64.7 -0.6 -0.8 ... ...
Unemployment rate 7.6 7.3 -0.3 -0.5 ... ...
Employment rate 60.3 60.0 -0.3 -0.4 ... ...
...
not applicable
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 282-0087.